Malaria Elimination Realised through Community-focused Interventions (MERCI)

Project Title: Malaria Elimination Realised through Community-focused Interventions (MERCI)
Donor:
GF-RAI2E grant
Principal Recipient:
UNOPS
Implementing Sub-Recipient:
Health Poverty Action (HPA)_Laos (regional component)
Date:
01 December 2018 to 31 December 2020

Key Activities

• Vector Control (Distribution of LLIN to target communities).
• Training of village volunteers (VMWs & MPVs), MMWs, Malaria Corners, MOTs for Integrated Community Case Management.
• Consultation workshop to create MMs IEC/BCC materials and BCC Audiovisual strategies and activities implementation.
• Conducting induction and planning workshop and annual planning and review meeting with program team and program partners in Viet Nam, Cambodia and Laos.
• Venue and service point mapping.
• Linking, and analysis, and visualization of data from multiple sources through the Disease Surveillance and Risk Monitoring (DiSARM) platform.
• Cross border collaboration activities.
• Supervision and ongoing technical support by HPA and Provincial/District health Officers to VMWs, MMWs, MPs, MOTs.

CSV
Results from Jan-Dec 2024
Location Total Population Target Population Tested Number of suspected malaria cases received parasitological test Positive Case Number of malaria cases received antimalarial treatment
Kaleum N/A 1,420 639 1
Khong N/A 11,125 995 N/A
Nong N/A 13,482 6122 15
Pathoumphone N/A 5,747 1023 N/A
Sa Mouay N/A 7,251 4207 2
Taoi N/A 14,438 3867 2
Xaysetha (Attapeu) N/A 11,942 1557 5
Mounlapamok N/A 4,978 698 N/A